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Reason Unbound
- On Spiritual Practice in Islamic Peripatetic Philosophy
Engelsk Paperback
Reason Unbound
- On Spiritual Practice in Islamic Peripatetic Philosophy
Engelsk Paperback

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A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy

This intriguing work offers a new perspective on Islamic Peripatetic philosophy, critiquing modern receptions of such thought and highlighting the contribution it can make to contemporary Western philosophy. Mohammad Azadpur focuses on the thought of Alfarabi and Avicenna, who, like ancient Greek philosophers and some of their successors, viewed philosophy as a series of spiritual exercises. However, Muslim Peripatetics differed from their Greek counterparts in assigning importance to prophecy. The Islamic philosophical account of the cultivation of the soul to the point of prophecy unfolds new vistas of intellectual and imaginative experience and accords the philosopher an exceptional dignity and freedom. With reference to both Islamic and Western philosophers, Azadpur discusses how Islamic Peripatetic thought can provide an antidote to some of modernity''s philosophical problems. A discussion of the development of later Islamic Peripatetic thought is also included.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
187
ISBN-13:
9781438437620
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438437625
Udg. Dato:
2 jul 2012
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
2 jul 2012
Forfatter(e):
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